Wooden arrow with stone projectile point
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Circular miniature shield made of buckskin with painted design / Unknown
Essay/Description
Shield
Curatorial Remarks
The design indicates that a particular man owned the shield. The design elements have supernatural meaning to the owner of the shield. This shield may have been created for commercial sale because it is miniature. A shield would hang outside of a tipi to indicate who lived there.
Tags: shield
People: possibly Kiowa or Apache
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use, ceremonial use, possibly commercial sale
From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
Tags: shield
People: possibly Kiowa or Apache
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use, ceremonial use, possibly commercial sale
From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology